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To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.

read(Verb)

To speak aloud words or other information that is written. Often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object.

read(Verb)

To interpret or infer a meaning, significance, etc.

I can read his feelings in his face.

read(Verb)

To consist of certain text.

On the door hung a sign that read, "Proper Safety Equipment Required Beyond This Point."

read(Verb)

Of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way.

Arabic reads right to left.

read(Verb)

To substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); .

read(Verb)

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read(Verb)

To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.

Do you read me?

read(Verb)

To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks.

I am reading theology at university.

read(Verb)

to recognise (someone) as being transgender

Every time I go outside, I worry that someone will read me.

Read(ProperNoun)

, a less common spelling variant of Reid.

Read(ProperNoun)

transferred from the surname.

Origin: raudaz, from reudh-.

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Read(noun)

rennet. See 3d Reed

Read

of Read

Read(verb)

to advise; to counsel

Read(verb)

to interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle

Read(verb)

to tell; to declare; to recite

Read(verb)

to go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book

Read(verb)

hence, to know fully; to comprehend

Read(verb)

to discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation

Read(verb)

to make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law

Read(verb)

to give advice or counsel

Read(verb)

to tell; to declare

Read(verb)

to perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document

Read(verb)

to study by reading; as, he read for the bar

Read(verb)

to learn by reading

Read(verb)

to appear in writing or print; to be expressed by, or consist of, certain words or characters; as, the passage reads thus in the early manuscripts

Read(verb)

to produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly

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Read

rēd, v.t. to utter aloud written or printed words: to peruse: to comprehend: to study, as to read law, science: to teach: to make out, from signs: to solve, as to read a dream: to interpret: to understand, as reading the stars: to note the indication of, as to read a barometer: impute by inference, as to read a meaning into a book.—v.i. to perform the act of reading: to practise much reading: to appear on reading: to advise: to speak: to acquire information: to utter the words of a book: (mus.) to render music at first sight: to put a certain expression upon it: to be suitable for perusal:—pa.t. and pa.p. read (red).—n.Read, a reading, perusal: (Spens.) counsel, a saying, an interpretation.—adjRead (red), versed in books: learned.—ns.Readabil′ity, Read′ableness.—adjReadable(rēd′a-bl), that may be read: worth reading: interesting: enabling to read.—adv.Read′ably.—ns.Read′er, one who reads: one whose office it is to read prayers in a church, or lectures in a university, &c.: one who reads or corrects proofs: one who reads much: a reading-book; Read′ership, the office of a reader.—adj.Read′ing, addicted to reading.—n. act of reading: perusal: study of books: public or formal recital: the way in which a passage reads: an interpretation of a passage or work: a version: noting an instrument, as the reading of a barometer.—ns.Read′ing-book, a book of exercises in reading; Read′ing-boy (print.), a reader's assistant; Read′ing-desk, a desk for holding a book or paper while it is read: a church-lectern; Read′ing-lamp, a form of lamp for use in reading; Read′ing-room, a room with papers, periodicals, &c., resorted to for reading.—Read between the lines, to detect a meaning not expressed; Read one's self in, in the Church of England, to read the Thirty-nine Articles and repeat the declaration of assent prescribed by law to a new incumbent.—Penny reading, an entertainment consisting of readings, &c., to which the admission is a penny. [A.S. rǽdan, to discern, read—rǽd, counsel; Ger. rathen, to advise.]

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.

In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

People really need to take time and read a book, you know, that’s my advice. You could read 'A New Slant on Life,' you could read 'Dianetics.' And I think if you really read it, you’ll understand it, but unless you do, you’ll speculate. And I think that’s a mistake to do that.